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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Soil Science × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis × Rating Count: 5 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Assessment of ground water quality of Kaithal and Guhla blocks of Kaithal district, Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2016) Vijay Kant Singh; Ram Prakash
    Kaithal, the north eastern district of Haryana State with a total geographical area of 2317 sq. km is located between 29 o 31’: 30 o 12’ North latitudes and 76 o 10’: 76 o 42’ East longitudes. To ascertain the quality of groundwater and its impact on chemical properties of soil, water samples were collected from all the villages of Kaithal and Guhla blocks and analyzed by standard methods. 241 water samples were collected and analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity (EC), soluble cations (Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Na + and K + ) and anions (CO 3 2− , HCO 3 − , Cl − , SO 4 2− and NO3 − ) by using standard procedures. The values of SAR and RSC of water samples were computed. The pH, EC, SAR and RSC in groundwater ranged from 7.36-9.80, 0.30-2.31 (dSm -1 ), 2.55-14.39 (mmol l -1 ) 1/2 and nil-5.80 (me l -1 ), respectively in Guhla block and from 7.25-9.25, 0.47-6.06 (dSm -1 ), 3.69-28.59 (mmol l -1 ) 1/2 , nil-5.70 (me l -1 ) in Kaithal block. According to AICRP classification, 63.2, 2.7, 11.1, 22.1 and 0.9% samples were found to be of good, marginally saline, marginally alkali, alkali and highly alkali, respectively in Guhla block and 31.1, 26.5, 8.3, 8.3, 9.9 and 15.9% were of good, marginally saline, high SAR saline, marginally alkali, alkali and highly alkali, respectively in Kaithal block. After categorization of water samples, 84 soil samples from 21 representative profiles were collected from depth, 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60 cm which were analyzed for pH, EC e , CEC, ESP, available N, P, K, OC, CaCO 3, soluble cations (Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Na + , K + ) and anions (CO 3 2− , HCO 3 -, Cl − , SO 4 2− ,) by standard procedures. In Guhla block, lowest pH of saturation extract was found in village Sultania and highest in Kasauli, while in case of Kaithal block lowest in Titram village and highest in Mundri. In Guhla block, lowest EC e (1.20 dSm -1 ), SAR e 2.87 (mmol l -1 ) 1/2 and ESP (3.83) were found in Kharkhada village while highest ECe (4.63 dSm -1 ) in Bhagal, SAR e 16.65 (mmol l -1 ) 1/2 and ESP (20.31) in Dusharpur. In case of Kaithal block, lowest EC e (1.70 dSm -1 ) in Jagdishpura, SAR e 3.28 (mmol l -1 ) 1/2 and ESP (4.23) were in Titram while highest EC e 6.67 (dSm -1 ) in Khurana, SAR e 20.33 (mmol l -1 ) 1/2 and ESP (25.55) in Ujana village. In Guhla block, lowest CEC 6.66-10.07 (cmol(+)kg -1 ) observed in Kasauli village and highest 13.82-15.26 (cmol(+)kg -1 ) in Bhagal village. In Kaithal block, lowest 5.37-8.73 (cmol(+)kg -1 ) in Mundri and highest 11.57-14.24 (cmol(+)kg -1 ) in Chandana village. Soil profiles were collected based on different categories of irrigation water. Most of the profiles were having salt developed due to the presence of salts in irrigation water. Most of the soil profiles were low in fertility. Highest electrical conductivity and sodium adsorption ratio of saturation extract were observed in surface layers of the soil which gradually decreased with depth irrespective of quality of irrigation water. After the analysis of soil and water, the Arc Map 9.3 was used to create various thematic maps like pH, EC, SAR and RSC of the study area. These thematic maps were combined to prepare water quality maps.